PonderThis: US Elections- We Have Met the Enemy...
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We have had a lot of yelling and finger-pointing pretending to be public discourse the last couple of years here in the USA. Our increasing appetite for extremism and mud slinging may be the single biggest obstacle to finding a way out of the fiscal and social mess we are in. Perhaps rather than pointing a finger at our elected officials, we need to be looking into a mirror about what we ask of them. Maybe we should stop asking them to be (or deifying them for being) stubborn, pig headed and self-righteous in order to win elections, and start insisting that they listen to one another and engage constructively.
PonderThis: US Elections- We Have Met the Enemy...
PonderThis: US Elections- We Have Met the…
PonderThis: US Elections- We Have Met the Enemy...
We have had a lot of yelling and finger-pointing pretending to be public discourse the last couple of years here in the USA. Our increasing appetite for extremism and mud slinging may be the single biggest obstacle to finding a way out of the fiscal and social mess we are in. Perhaps rather than pointing a finger at our elected officials, we need to be looking into a mirror about what we ask of them. Maybe we should stop asking them to be (or deifying them for being) stubborn, pig headed and self-righteous in order to win elections, and start insisting that they listen to one another and engage constructively.